Redd v. Brooke

OPINION

Wendell E. Redd died on May 21, 1976. His ex-wife, Mary French, survived him by only a few minutes. Wendell Redd’s brother, the contingent beneficiary of an insurance policy on his life, sued the administrator of Mary’s estate, to recover proceeds received pursuant to the policy.

Alan Redd, the contingent beneficiary, asks this court to reverse a judgment in favor of Mary’s administrator, and to instruct a judgment in his favor. Appellant Redd contends that a provision of a divorce decree terminated Mary’s interest as named beneficiary, even though Wendell had taken no steps to remove…